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Author : Turnbull
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9788888808895
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Sourcebook Newhol written by Turnbull and published by Orion. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9781854095237
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (952 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Sourcebook written by Stephen R. Turnbull and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brave, invincible warriors, fighting sword in hand against overwhelming odds. Those were the Samurai. In this the most comprehensive, enthralling look at their history, personalities, strategies, costume, and battles you’ll find every detail of their armor and weaponry, as well as the Samurai army’s development, its organization, and the fighters’ feudal obligation. Case studies focus in on the most important invasions and combat situation, as well as their religious traditions. A full range of maps chart wartime changes.
Author : Turnbull
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9788888808925
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Sourcebook Navmilpre written by Turnbull and published by Orion. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834827875
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Hagakure written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A foremost scholar of samurai texts approaches this martial arts classic as a meditation on the Zen concept of “death of the ego”—offering a fresh translation unlike any other. Discover what it takes to be a samurai with the 18th-century martial arts treatise that delves into minds of legendary Japanese warriors. Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of texts written by an eighteenth-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept of bushido—the Way of the Warrior—which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, conduct themselves, live, and die. While Hagakure was for many years a secret text known only to the warrior vassals of the Nabeshima clan to which the author belonged, it later came to be recognized as a classic exposition of samurai thought. The original Hagakure consists of over 1,300 short texts that Tsunetomo dictated to a younger samurai over a seven-year period. William Scott Wilson has selected and translated here three hundred of the most representative of those texts to create an accessible distillation of this guide for samurai. No other translator has so thoroughly and eruditely rendered this text into English. For this edition, Wilson has added a new introduction that casts Hagakure in a different light than ever before. Tsunetomo refers to bushido as “the Way of death,” a description that has held a morbid fascination for readers over the years. But in Tsunetomo’s time, bushido was a nuanced concept that related heavily to the Zen concept of muga, the “death” of the ego. Wilson’s revised introduction gives the historical and philosophical background for that more metaphorical reading of Hagakure, and through this lens, the classic takes on a fresh and nuanced appeal.
Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472813731
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book The Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and lavishly illustrated guide to the world of the Samurai warrior, delving into the history of their campaigning, their arms and armour, as well as their day-to-day lives and their warrior ethos. The world of the samurai, the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan, has for too long been associated solely with military history and has largely remained a mystery. In this exciting book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were. The world of the samurai warrior is revealed to be one of great richness, with familiar topics such as the cult of suicide, ritualised revenge and the lore of the samurai sword being seen in the context of an all-encompassing warrior culture that was expressed through art and poetry as much as through violence.
Author : Inazo Nitobe
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788880382
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Way of the Samurai written by Inazo Nitobe and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic text by Inazo Nitobe defining the moral code of the warrior class or Samurai has had a huge impact both in the West and in Japan itself. Drawing on Japanese traditions such as Shinto and Buddhism, and citing parallels with Western philosophy and literature, Nitobe's text is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the culture and morals of Japan.
Author : Mitsuo Kure
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146291490X
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Samurai written by Mitsuo Kure and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. This book of Japanese history traces the story of a unique historical phenomenon: a period of 700 years--equivalent to the entire stretch of Western history between the reigns of the Crusader king Richard the Lionhearted and of Queen Victoria at the height of the British Empire--during which an enclosed civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. The historical narrative of samurai history is supported by explanations of samurai armor, weapons, fortifications, tactics, and customs, and illustrated with nearly 800 fascinating color photographs, maps, and sketches, including ancient scroll paintings and surviving suits of armor preserved for centuries in Japanese shrines. From the 12th to the 19th centuries the history of Japan was effectively the history of the samurai--the class of professional fighting men. At first, they were no more than lowly soldiery employed by the court aristocracy of Kyoto, but the growing power of the provincial warrior clans soon enabled them to brush aside the executive power of the imperial court and to form their own parallel military government. Though individual dynasties came and went in cycles of vigor and decadence, the dominance of the samurai as a class proved uniquely resilient.
Author : Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Book of the Samurai written by Stephen R. Turnbull and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the samurai tradition, which encompasses seven hundred years of Japanese history, and describes the armor, weapons, traditions, and famous battles of the samurai.
Author : April Madden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781803081908
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (819 download)
Download or read book Book of the Samurai written by April Madden and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miyamoto Musashi
Publisher : Digital Pulse Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781934255797
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (557 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Series written by Miyamoto Musashi and published by Digital Pulse Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Samurai Series brings together three of the most important books dealing with the Samurai path and philosophy into one deluxe, illustrated hardcover volume. The Book of Five Rings was written by Miyamoto Musashi, a Samurai of legendary renown, about 1645. It is a masterpiece of simple exposition written by a master swordsman, who, near the end of his spectacular life, tried earnestly to explain the essentials of individual combat and the essence of being a Samurai. His book is widely considered to a cornerstone of the philosophy of Bushido. Hagakure - The Way of the Samurai, which means: "Hidden by Leaves," was composed from dialogs by the famous Samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, by a scribe, Tashiro Tsuramoto, about 1716 AD. It explains the major ideas and philosophy that are essential to the "way of the Samurai", by which is meant the "way of dying". It contains numerous tales of various Samurai and their deeds which illustrate their philosophy and practice. Bushido - The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe was first published 1899. It is an extremely literate presentation by a Japanese intellectual who wished to present Japan and its fundamental philosophy in a way that could be understood by Westerners. It describes how the Shinto religion and Buddhism are the underpinnings of the essentially militaristic view of honor and life that are inherent in Bushido, the Samurai code. Excerpt from The Book of Five Rings. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The Gaze in Strategy The gaze should be large and broad. This is the twofold gaze, "Perception and Sight". Perception is strong and sight, weak. In strategy, it is important to see distant things as if they were close, and to take a distanced view of close things. It is important in strategy to know the enemy's sword, yet not be distracted by insignificant movements of his sword. You must study this. The gaze is the same for single combat and for large-scale strategy. It is necessary in strategy to be able to look to both sides without moving the eyeballs. You cannot master this ability quickly. Learn what is written here; use this gaze in everyday life and do not vary it...
Author : Tsunetomo Yamamoto
Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780757000263
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Bushido written by Tsunetomo Yamamoto and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a translation of Tsunetomo Yamamoto's "Hagakure," which formed the basis of behavior, values, and etiquette for samurai warriors.
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1647920574
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Samurai and the Warrior Culture of Japan, 471–1877 written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to providing excerpts from classic tales of Japan’s warrior past, this volume draws on a wide range of lesser-known but revealing sources—including sword inscriptions, edicts, orders, petitions, and letters—to expand and deepen our understanding of the samurai, from the order’s origins in the fifth century to its abolition in the nineteenth. Taken together with Thomas Donald Conlan’s contextualizing introductions and notes, these sources provide a rare window into the experiences, ideals, and daily lives of these now-sentimentalized warriors. Numerous illustrations, a glossary of terms, and a substantial bibliography further enhance the value of this book to students, scholars, and anyone interested in learning more about the samurai.
Author : Tsunetomo Yamamoto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870116063
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Hagakure written by Tsunetomo Yamamoto and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filosofische bespiegelingen over de ethiek van de Japanse ridderschap.
Author : Yūzan Daidōji
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Code of the Samurai written by Yūzan Daidōji and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One who is a Samurai must before all things keep constantly in mind, by day and by night ... the fact that he is going to die.
Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1473817935
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Swordsman written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samurai tells the story of the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of this time, showing how they evolved from the primitive fighters of the seventh century into an invincible military caste with a fearsome reputation. In the early seventh century, the samurai rose to prominence during the struggles between the emperor and the military leaders (shogun). They took part in the invasion of Korea, as well as helping to keep Japan free from foreign influence. From the Heian period through to the Onin wars, the history of the samurai is replete with tales of heroism and bloodshed. Although the samurai is most famous for his use of the sword, he also used a wide variety of other weapons, such as the crossbow, the dagger and the spear. Samurai armour and costume were constantly evolving, and by the twelfth century most samurai were wearing the box-like yoroi armour. Samurai examines samurai fighting tactics, as well as acts such as ritual suicide (hari-kiri) and the taking of enemy heads as trophies.
Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147284405X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Weapons of the Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully illustrated new book describes and analyses the weapons and equipment traditionally associated with the samurai, Japan's superlative warriors. It examines the range of weapons used by them at different times and in different situations. Beginning with the rise of the samurai during the 10th century, this lively study traces the introduction of edged weapons (cutting and piercing) and missile weapons (bows and guns) over the next 500 years. The book shows clearly how they were employed by individual samurai using many previously untranslated primary texts, and explains how their use spread more widely among low-class troops, pirates and rebels. It also shows how schools of martial arts took over and changed the weapons and their uses during the peaceful Edo Period (1615–1868).
Author : Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935785958
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Hagakure written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hagakure (Ky jitai: Shinjitai: meaning In the shadow the Leaves or hidden leaves.), is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, a former retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige, the third ruler of what is now the Saga prefecture in Japan. Tsuramoto Tashiro compiled these commentaries from his conversations with Tsunetomo from 1709 to 1716 and recorded Tsunetomo's views on bushido, the warrior code of the samurai. Hagakure is sometimes said to assert that bushido is really the "Way of Dying" or living as though one was already dead, and that a samurai retainer must be willing to die at any moment in order to be true to his lord. Note: There is no existing text for Chapter 5.
